Hey I'd have something simple that works flawlessly over something with loads of features I'd likely never use that's bugged to hell and back.

I like these new fixes.

EDIT: With all the updates they do, they should incorporate some sort of auto-updater into the program itself, so you don't have the hassle of downloading and installing the new version etc etcEdited by linkin93 - 1/20/11 at 7:19am

Paying unlocks unlimited recording, free updates as soon as their released, no watermark. At least that used to be the difference, also its a one time purchase.

Wish they would improve the in game performance though. PlayClaw has just as good video quality and games run faster. Downfall is that it is a @#$! to convert the files into an editable format for Sony Vegas or any other editor. Hoping PlayClaw can fix that issue then that software is golden.

Also Fraps breaks the video files into several files that are about 4.7gb each while PlayClaw will create one file (think you can change that in the settings).Edited by Magariz - 1/20/11 at 10:09am

Never really ran into the pause issue. Maybe because I've always tried to record to a dedicated drive.

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Auto-update would be cool; at least make it "manual" but not having to reinstall the program itself.

You just need to run the exe. The old version doesn't have to be removed.

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Originally Posted by Magariz

Paying unlocks unlimited recording, free updates as soon as their released, no watermark. At least that used to be the difference, also its a one time purchase.

Wish they would improve the in game performance though. PlayClaw has just as good video quality and games run faster. Downfall is that it is a @#$! to convert the files into an editable format for Sony Vegas or any other editor. Hoping PlayClaw can fix that issue then that software is golden.

Also Fraps breaks the video files into several files that are about 4.7gb each while PlayClaw will create one file (think you can change that in the settings).

Yep, no watermark and unlimited recording. I bought FRAPS in late 2003 for 15 dollars, still get updates.

FRAPS videos are split into 4GB chunks. Makes it easy to record to a FAT32 drive (lower overhead than NTFS and equal or better sequential write performance).

Edit : Unable to find the format it uses but you need to use 32bit Vdub inorder to convert the files. The 64bit version of Vdub is unable to convert the files even in a 64bit OS.Edited by Magariz - 1/20/11 at 12:16pm

Never really ran into the pause issue. Maybe because I've always tried to record to a dedicated drive.

I get it even recording to a dedicated RAID array. It's more noticeable at higher res/full size, since that needs new files more often.

Also it's more like a large temporary drop in FPS as opposed to a complete pause, so if you're not as sensitive to that or are already on a lower FPS, it's probably not a big deal. I record on 60 and it visibly jumping down to 20 is a pretty big deal.